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The Irish Athletic Boxing Association has pulled out of the International Boxing Association (IBA) Men's and Women's World Boxing Championships. The IABA made the move in protest of the governance of the governing body for the sport. It means Amy Broadhurst and Lisa O'Rourke, who won gold medals at the 2022 Women's World Championships, will
Boris van der Vorst has been accused by the International Boxing
Association of slandering African countries after he claimed that they
were bribed on the eve of the organisation’s Extraordinary Congress
in Armenia last year.
Ireland has reversed its plans to boycott next month's International
Boxing Association Youth World Boxing Championships in La Nucia, with
Russian and Belarusian athletes reportedly unable to compete in Spain.